The Best Hair Loss Shampoos For Men

They can help preserve and protect your hair before it's too late.

Let’s talk hair loss and thinning hair, which necessitates hair growth shampoo and hair loss shampoo. If you’ve noticed that the hair on your head isn’t quite as thick as it was when you were younger, there’s no time to spare. The first step, according to Mount Sinai Hosptial dermatologist Dr. Joshua Zeichner, is to visit your dermatologist to find out why your hair is thinning. In most cases, it’s androgenic alopecia, which basically means genetic hair loss. Sounds horrifying, but the good news, hair loss shampoos are an easy way to combat it.

“They work by reducing inflammation in the scalp helping to provide building blocks for optimal hair follicle functioning. Many of the shampoos contain ingredients like antioxidants E, protein and amino acids, and B-complex vitamins,” says Zeichner.

Are these shampoos a silver bullet? No. While we don’t know for sure how effective they are, Zeichner still recommends them. “These shampoos may help encourage the growth of hair that you already have, but likely will not grow hair where it has already been completely lost,” he says.

Point here is, act fast, and load up on shampoos with ingredients that might help slow down the thinning process. These are ones we recommend.

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Best Hair Loss Shampoos

Revita Stimulating Hair Shampoo

Revita is a hair-growth shampoo that includes DHT blockers, Ketoconazole, biotin, and caffeine, ingredients that together form a proven hair growth solution. It is also free of sodium lauryl (and laureth) sulfate, two common ingredients in shampoos (hair growth or not) that can irritate skin and full of antioxidants to further soothe the scalp. This one smells nice too — just right for year-round use.

Pros: Klorane is known for making some of the best botanical hair products, period, at accessible prices. This particular hair loss shampoo increases microcirculation and encourages hair growth. Quinine makes hair healthier and stronger.

Cons: The fragrance is a bit too musky for some users, and because this is a super-gentle shampoo, it can leave hair feeling a bit greasy.

Pros: This shampoo is loaded with all natural ingredients, from the vinegar itself to aloe vera, donga quai root extract, licorice extract, echinacea extract, and so much more. It’s pricey, but you should only use it every 15 days so it’ll last a long time.

Pros: You’re getting a double whammy here, with Harklinikken’s shampoo and conditioner specifically created to make your scalp as healthy and balanced as possible. It’s a key part of the Danish brand’s program to get your hair back on track. It’s also made without perfumes, silicones, parabens, or petrochemicals.

Pros: This formula comes with some unique ingredients — saw palmetto, anyone? — and, more importantly, a money back guarantee.

Cons: It’s one of the pricier options on this list, and the guarantee only applies if you use it in tandem with matching hair loss pills, serum, and conditioner, which is going to cost you a decent chunk of change.

Pros: People say that this formula really works. It’s one of the few shampoos we’ve seen that uses ketoconazole, an anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal ingredient long used in dandruff shampoos, specifically to help combat hair loss.

Cons: The smell, which one reviewer called “sophisticated” but another compared to “rum and coke on a night where you’re gonna make bad choices.” The point is, it’s not for everyone.